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Friday, April 21, 2006
Ind. Courts - Hamilton Judge hopefuls discuss plans and expectations
The Noblesville Daily Times reports today, in a story by Rob Borders that begins:
One Republican candidate for judge for the newly created Hamilton County Superior Court 6 made it very clear how he would like to see overcrowding in the county jail handled: build more jail space.That was the idea Larry Sells presented to audience members Thursday in a candidate forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the Hamilton County Government and Judicial Center.
“No dangerous individual should be released to the public, so the best solution is to build more jail space,” said Sells, who has 19 years experience as a deputy prosecutor in Marion County. “It will cost us, and it is a sad fact of life, but we need to spend money to build more space.”
The county jail currently has capacity for 292 inmates, reported candidate Will Greenaway, who indicated the first quarter of 206 showed an average of 320 inmates a day.
Neither Greenaway, who serves as the master commissioner for Hamilton County Superior Courts 2, 4 and 5, nor candidate Gail Bardach, Carmel City Court judge since 1993, mentioned the need for more jail space. But both mentioned better use of programs currently in place.
“There are now a lot of initiatives in place,” Bardach said. “The community corrections program helps people earn the right to get back into society and not fall in lock and key.”
Greenaway mentioned the community corrections program as well as the work release program to the audience, which included N. Frederick Eggeson, the Democrat candidate. Eggeson is running unopposed in the primary and will run against the Republican winner of the May 2 primary election.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 21, 2006 05:10 PM
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